Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHardly any Canadian towns see hotter July days than Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay
January mornings start at about −4.0°C. Of all months, November brings the most precipitation and August the least. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 93% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Creston, 32 km south, instead.
A year in Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
118 frost days and 116 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs October to April, peaking in December at about 27 nights. Some 28 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
689 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 126 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 151 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 47 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. A house here needs less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 22 April, has passed; autumn’s first, near 18 October, ends a season of about 179 days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 4 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Expect around 41 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Creston
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Creston are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 32 km south |
| Station altitude | 610 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −23.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.7°C |
| Average wind | 6.6 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Nelson, 49 km |
How Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay’s would only repeat its figures. The one place listed is 45 km from Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay Creston | 28.6°C | −4.0°C | 689 mm |
| Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay 45 km · Nelson | 28.5°C about the same | −2.9°C 1.1°C milder | 759 mm |
Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.3°C | −4.0°C | −1.4°C | 76 mm | 45 cm |
| February | 3.5°C | −3.5°C | 0.1°C | 48 mm | 21 cm |
| March | 8.6°C | −0.4°C | 4.1°C | 65 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 14.1°C | 3.0°C | 8.6°C | 47 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 20.0°C | 7.3°C | 13.6°C | 63 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 22.8°C | 10.6°C | 16.7°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28.6°C | 14.0°C | 21.3°C | 35 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28.1°C | 13.6°C | 20.9°C | 24 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.7°C | 9.0°C | 15.4°C | 40 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.9°C | 3.4°C | 8.1°C | 54 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.1°C | −0.6°C | 2.2°C | 84 mm | 23 cm |
| December | 0.6°C | −4.1°C | −1.8°C | 81 mm | 47 cm |
| Year | 13.9°C | 4.0°C | 9.0°C | 689 mm | 151 cm |
From −15.9°C to 23.4°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 2.0°C from 0.1°C. June moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Creston (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay get in summer?
Highs reach 28.6°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay get in winter?
At its coldest, in December, the normal low is −4.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay get?
The yearly total is about 689 mm. November gets 84 mm, the most of any month; August gets 24 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Expect snow on the ground, at least 1 cm, for about 71 days a year.
Are these figures for Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Creston; Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay →
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